Comments on: At Least One Retailer Is Expanding in This Economyhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/at-least-one-retailer-is-expanding-in-this-economy/
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By: renatahttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/at-least-one-retailer-is-expanding-in-this-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-487305
Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:13:06 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/at-least-one-retailer-is-expanding-in-this-economy/#comment-487305Went by the old location on Warren St. to donate a couple of items, only to find out that HW moved to Chambers street. Actually the new duplex space is beautiful!!! The exposed brick gives it a modern, very high-end industrial feel. The downstairs has furniture, and from the short time that I was down there everything looked very reasonably priced.There was a 60’s table lamp down there for $60 that was a decorator’s dream. The clothes in pretty much all of the Housing Works I find to be somewhat overpriced for what they are, as is the case here. It’s good to finally have a thrift shop in TriBeCa, and for those of us who like a good consignment shop or two, be sure to check out Tribeca’s Resale-Riches.com. Tania, the owner of resale riches has sold so many of my designer pieces, that I feel like I have to spread the word about this wonderful place. For starters, the commission she offers is higher than anyone else in this city, I’ve gotten up to 80% back on very expensive designer bags that she sold for me (unlike 50% at places like Ina’s), and because her buyers come from all over the world she accepts items out of season, which is a huge convenience when you’re cleaning out your closet at the END of the season. Also, a huge benefit of an on-line consignment shop over any of the stores in the city is that you can keep tabs on your items 24/7, and you know the status of each piece at all times, which is a great comfort to me, because I’ve had some bad experiences over the years with consignment shops losing things. And as for all you buyers out there, well here’s the kicker…. you can submit best price offers, if the marked price is out of your range. She’s also known for spoiling her downtown fashionista clients by making personal deliveries for try-ons without any obligation to buy, if this is not personal service than I don’t know what is!!!
]]>By: "hetty greene"http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/at-least-one-retailer-is-expanding-in-this-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-487177
Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:53:19 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/at-least-one-retailer-is-expanding-in-this-economy/#comment-487177OK Time they pay taxes….. I have no truck for nonprofits … let them pay their fair share so the rest of us are not covering that loss of tax revenue by the various regressive taxes which they love to impose, and the government is not borrowing because of a tax shortfall. .
]]>By: Sheilahttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/at-least-one-retailer-is-expanding-in-this-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-486655
Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:24:39 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/at-least-one-retailer-is-expanding-in-this-economy/#comment-486655Yes, it’s great Housing Works is expanding, but as a girlfriend of a former employee I know they have a high turn over rate because they work their employees to burnout. Maybe if they treated and paid their employees better they would stick around.
]]>By: Perley J. Thibodeauhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/at-least-one-retailer-is-expanding-in-this-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-486551
Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:32:36 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/at-least-one-retailer-is-expanding-in-this-economy/#comment-486551This is a very worthy cause.
It’s easy to see how bad the retail business has become by how desperate the store clerks are acting to make a sale.
It reminds me of back when we all worked on small percentage commissions.
Bloomberg’s 16 Billion Dollar fortune will have quadruple the buying power just as soon as nobody else has anything at all.
]]>By: Franklin Simonhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/at-least-one-retailer-is-expanding-in-this-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-486537
Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:18:59 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/at-least-one-retailer-is-expanding-in-this-economy/#comment-486537But ask the staff what it’s like to work for Housing Works. It’s all too common that the organizations with laudable social justice missions treat their own employees shabbily. Sadly, Housing Works is not the exception to that.
]]>By: adriane.paniaguahttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/at-least-one-retailer-is-expanding-in-this-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-486529
Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:38:28 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/at-least-one-retailer-is-expanding-in-this-economy/#comment-486529It warms my heart to read about a highly regarded NYC non-profit that is actually making money and doing “good works” in the process!

And unlike like our Wall Street “Captains of Industry” and our elected, Capital HIll “Masters of The Universe”,
they did all without TARP money (LOL)!